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Analyzing photographs:

• http://www.pulitzer.org/

 

Teaching Media Through The Web: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~rbeach/linksteachingmedia/chapter8/14.htm

• PBS' Dissect an Ad: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov1996/takingonthekennedys/dissect.html
• Make Your Own Campaign Ad: http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/tricks_of_the_trade/

 

Ad analysis assignment: http://english.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/freshwriting/engl015.htm#Ad%20Analysis

• Articles by Seth Stevenson (Slate): http://www.slate.com/default.aspx?id=3944&qt=&qt10=&qt22=ad+report+card&qt66=seth+stevenson&dfrom=&dto=&x=25&y=9

 

More Movie Trailers (these also work for humorous arguments):

• The Shining/Shining
• Back to the Future III: http://www.lovefilm.com/view_dvd.php?dt_id=3058&autoshowtrailer=1#
• Brokeback to the Future: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfODSPIYwpQ
• The Meatrix: http://www.themeatrix.com/
• Store Wars: http://www.storewars.org

 

Icons:

• Nittany Lion
• Peace symbol: http://www.nonukesnorth.net/peacesymbol.shtml
• Choose your own icon (could be combined with narrative): http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ned=us&q=

 

Visual Arguments and Values:

• 12 Danish cartoons controversy
• Tom Toles cartoon: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/01/AR2006020102465.html

 

USA Today snapshots: http://www.usatoday.com/news/snapshot.htm

 

Drunk Driving : http://www.helpjacqui.com/images/illustrations/jacqui_poster.jpg